Samantha Dixon 🇦🇺

Sam has over six years experience writing about life in the Netherlands and leads the content team at DutchReview. She originally came to the Netherlands to study in 2016 and now holds a BA (Hons.) in Arts, a BA (Hons) in Journalism, and a Masters in Teaching. She loves to write about settling into life in the Netherlands, her city of Utrecht, learning Dutch, and jobs in the Netherlands — and she still can’t jump on the back of a moving bike (she's learning!).

Here’s where you could vacation in Europe this summer

Flatness of the Netherlands making you flat inside? Think you're better suited to sunning on a riviera than shivering by a sloot? Want to...

Dutch trains back on track after strikes cancelled

Dutch train workers will no longer go on strike after an agreement was reached between the FNV union and ProRail. Train travel was threatened...

Netherlands says ‘doei!’ to curfew

What a day it was yesterday — we celebrated the birthday of good ol' King Willy, gazed at a stunning supermoon (did you see...

‘Super king moon’ rising in Dutch skies tomorrow

Put down your beers and raise your eyes to the sky: a supermoon will be visible tomorrow evening, just in time for King's Day...

Dutch passport ranks sixth-best (in a post-pandemic world)

The Dutch passport has been crowned as sixth-best in the world — hoera! 🎉 We may not be able to travel at the moment (don't remind...

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